Published: 2008-12-17
Editorial
Editorial information
Chief Editor
Clóvis L. Machado-da-Silva (CEPPAD/UFPR & UP - Brazil)
Executive Editor
Andréa Paula Segatto-Mendes (CEPPAD/UFPR - Brazil)
Editorial Advisory Board
Alberto Martinelli (Università di Milano - Italia)
Bryan Husted (Tecnológico de Monterrey – México)
Emilio Huerta (Universidad Publica de Navarra - Spain)
Estelle Morin (Université de Montreal - Canadá)
Geoff Walsham (University of Cambridge -...
Articles
Organizational culture and the renewal of competences
Culture and competence are fairly well-known topics; both are part of the academic agenda and are widely discussed in day-to-day debates within organizations. However, the interactions between these two concepts and their interdependence are yet to be analyzed. Those are areas of organizational phenomena that might be complementary or even be contradictory. The aim of this paper is to discuss the relationship between these two subjects. Does organizational culture enhance or jeopardize the...
Read more →Strategic HR? A study of the perceived role of HRM departments in Brazil and Peru
This study discusses the perceived role of the Human Resource Management Department and its perceived capacity of outstanding performance by comparing data collected in Brazil and Peru from employees of large organizations as well as participants in MBA programs at renowned schools. The non-probabilistic sample was composed of 416 Brazilian and 90 Peruvian respondents. The results point out that both in Brazil and Peru, the relevance attached to the HRM Department role for contributing to...
Read more →What lies behind the concept of customer relationship management? Discussing the essence of CRM through a phenomenological approach
Several authors and consulting firms show statistics indicating that at least 50% of all CRM projects fail. Some of them attempt to point out a list of factors in order to guarantee successful CRM implementation and application. However, few people (either academics or practitioners) attempt to discuss or consider the essence of the idea of CRM. The main goal of this exploratory research is to discuss the CRM essence through a phenomenological approach. This paper assumes that one of the...
Read more →Willingness to try innovative food products: A comparison between British and Brazilian consumers
In this study we investigate the consumer's willingness to try innovative food products in the context of the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre in Brazil and Cirencester in England, UK. Innovation in the food industry is an important source of differentiation and a value-adding opportunity for managers to develop new products. Therefore, the adoption or rejection of innovative food products becomes strategic from a market point-of-view. Using the Domain Specific Innovativeness...
Read more →Resource-based view as a perspective for public tourism management research: Evidence from two Brazilian tourism destinations
This study adopted the Resource-Based View approach to analyse two public organizations located in Curitiba and Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. The focus was to verify how organizational and tourist resources are being used for planning and public management in these cities. Data collection was made by adopting semi-structured interviews with two groups: public and private sector managers. The insights of these two groups and the use of documentary secondary data made it possible to infer that the...
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